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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458272103321

Autore

Holmes Frederic Lawrence

Titolo

Hans Krebs . Volume I The formation of a scientific life, 1900-1933 [[electronic resource] /] / Frederic Lawrence Holmes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991

ISBN

1-280-60572-3

9786610605729

0-19-536128-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (512 p.)

Collana

Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology

Disciplina

574.192092B

Soggetti

Biochemists - Germany

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. Intermediary Metabolism in the First Third of the Twentieth Century; 2. Boyhood in Hildesheim; 3. Outward Movement; 4. Clinical Years; 5. The Research Apprentice; 6. Initiative and Dependence; 7. Moves Toward Autonomy; 8. Freiburg: The Foundation of a Career; 9. The Ornithine Effect; 10. The Formation of Urea; 11. The Rewards of Success; 12. The Brief Life of a School of Intermediary Metabolism; 13. Reflections on the Formation of a Scientific Life; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

The biography of one of the world's foremost biochemists, which traces his scientific career and his discoveries of the urea cycle and the citric acid cycle. The text makes use of five years of interviews with Hans Krebs, and a complete set of Krebs' key laboratory notebooks.